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Father Coughlin, Joe McCarthy, Glenn Beck. These nuts can burn bright for a while, but it usually doesn’t take too long before they burn out. Unfortunately, the damage they do takes even longer to overcome.http://wrigleyregular.mlblogs.com/

Father Coughlin, Joe McCarthy, Glenn Beck. These nuts can burn bright for a while, but it usually doesn’t take too long before they burn out. Unfortunately, the damage they do takes even longer to overcome.http://wrigleyregular.mlblogs.com/

I had a recent conversation with some acquaintances on this topic and it’s all coming together. Glenn Beck, Drudge and FOX are all part of a second wave of Yellow Journalism. We often forget how a simple phrase, “Remember the Maine,” have echoed in various ways through the mouths of Limbaugh, Beck and so forth.

So, I guess Beck will be finding a US warship with a torpedo coming at it…

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